Epic southwest adventure

I was nervous about how our 19 month old would do in the car for 13 hours.

Tot school week 2

I’m a little behind, like always, but week 2 we talked about the letter B, we’re sticking with the circle shape and the color red for the month, we spoke about feelings and kindness, Adam and Eve and our word of the week is balón. We have this cute little book set we got from

Tot school week 1

This whole corona virus quarantining stuff just sucks…we were so used to seeing our friends on a weekly basis or at least other people when we went to the zoo, the arboretum, a museum, the library, so it’s been less than fun for us. Bug is in the *somewhat* terrible 2s and I’ve noticed he

Mahogany Bay, Honduras

One week on carnival vista with a toddler Our final stop on the vista was to my favorite place to visit, Mahogany Bay! Mahogany Bay is owned and controlled by Carnival cruise line but don’t feel pressured to book an excursion through carnival because of it. Just like any other country, again, we’ve got to

Port of Belize

One week on carnival vista with a toddler It’s been a while since I’ve been back, sorry about that!! During our cruise, one of the ports we stopped at was Belize City. With carnival, and other cruise lines, you have to take a tender, a boat that bumps right up to the ship to take

Playa Mia – Cozumel, Mexico

One week on carnival vista with a toddler When we decided to do this route on the vista, Cozumel, Belize and Honduras, I did some research on what to do in Cozumel. I’ve been on this route before and to Cozumel a few other times but never with a toddler, so it was time to

One week on carnival vista with a toddler

I’m going to pretty much dive right into this and share our experience. This is my 3rd cruise so I knew mostly what to expect but our first time sailing with a toddler. I know some people enjoy vacationing without their kids but we just aren’t those people. We’re a family and enjoy spending time

Happy Jólabókaflóðið!

The Icelandic holiday of book giving Let me start by saying, we are not Icelandic nor do we have any Icelandic genes as far as I know (I’d have to recheck my ancestry.com account to confirm 😉), but we love books and reading, so what better way to celebrate our book love than by giving

My first time sewing clothing

I’m a pretty basic seamstress, if I could even call myself that. 😂 I’ve only ever sewn pillow cases or other super basic stuff but decided I would try my hand at making bug some Maxaloones. What are maxaloones? They are super cute, super soft pants for fluffy butts (babies who are cloth diapered). My

Christmas lollipops

Cheap and easy Christmas DIY This summer, whilst browsing through Pinterest, I found a couple articles on how to make these super cute lollipops for your yard made out of pool noodles. It seemed cheap and easy enough so I figured I’d give it a shot! One of these articles mentioned using hot glue and

What the sickness?

I am finally feeling better! I’m sure you’ve read my tale of woes over thanksgiving, well, it only got worse from there. The stomach issues persisted for another week and then I broke out in a horrible burning rash all over my body thanks to switching laundry detergent. 👎🏼 👎🏼 👎🏼 To top all of

The Thanksgiving that almost wasn’t

I had big plans for thanksgiving week! My awesome husband is a teacher so he was off all week so I’d planned a nice trip to Arkansas. We were going to stay in Hot Springs for 4 days, visit the Popeye park in Alma, eat at “all aboard” and check out the Clinton presidential center

A new playground

Bug had his first birthday last week and we were so blessed to be surrounded by family. We had an amazing time with everyone and he got so many wonderful gifts, but the best part was seeing everyone. One of the coolest gifts we got was from Uncle Clayton, my brother in law. He put

Chickasaw National recreation area

Buffalo and antelope spring trails Chickasaw National recreation area is located in Sulphur, OK and is a must visit, especially if you’re a national parks passport holder. I grew up pretty close to this area and always enjoy visiting here! The Travertine nature center is a must visit to learn more about the area and

Cedar Ridge Preserve

Cedar brake trail This was our first time visiting and luckily we had our wonderful friends to guide us along! Dallas Park and Recreation Department contracts with Audubon Dallas Society to manage the day-to-day operations of the 600 acre preserve. There’s about 9 miles of hiking only trails, bikes and motorized vehicles are not allowed,